Sunday, July 10, 2011

Menu Plan Monday (& grocery shopping)

I figured this week would be a good time to start working on menu planning again. Instead of picking what to have on a specific day, I just made a list of options for us to have so we can eat what we want from the list.

So that's my list. Our pantry, fridge & freezer were pretty empty, so I did a lot of grocery shopping yesterday. After a few hours of coupon clipping, organizing, list making, and planning, I headed out for the first of three grocery trips - the 99 cent store!

Total cost of trip: $82.34Total savings: $50.65That's a savings of 38%!!!!I'm still pretty mad about leaving the cat litter in the cart though.... that was $10 of what I spent. GRRR.

After some freezer cooking (which I will post about hopefully tomorrow) and having dinner, we had a nice evening with some good friends. After they left, we went on a date to the third and final grocery shopping trip to pick up what we missed - Save Mart!

The raspberries were on sale, normally $3.99 per pack, they were marked down to 2 for $5.The cookies were on sale as well, normally $2.19, marked down to $1.99.Total cost for trip: $17.16Total savings: $3.38

So, today was expensive. I spent a lot on groceries, but they were badly needed. Money has been tight lately, so we've mostly been eating box meals or dinner with my parents. It's nice to have a full pantry, fridge, and freezer again.